Joe Walsh will stage his next VetsAid concert this Saturday at the INTRUST Bank Arena in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, and it will be livestreamed at Veeps.com/VetsAid.
Joining him is his Eagles bandmate Vince Gill along with Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen, and Walsh will do a set backed by Susan Tedeschi and her husband Derek Trucks, along with Nathaniel Rateliff.
Commenting on the show, Walsh says, “It’s been a long-term goal of mine since we began VetsAid nearly 10 years ago to bring it all home to my native Wichita to serve Kansan veterans and their families.
“It’s where my parents were both born and are buried, where I was born and where I will always feel a deep connection and sense of heritage and responsibility. It is with great pride and gratitude that our traveling circus of love and community will make a stop in Wichita in 2025 and that I can share the experience with my dear friends who also happen to be some of the greatest American musicians I know…”
All net proceeds will go directly to the veterans’ services charities selected through a vetting process coordinated in tandem with the Combined Arms Institute. To date, VetsAid has disbursed more than $4,000,000 in grants. In 2025, VetsAid plans to disburse grants exclusively to organizations based in Kansas or with operations on the ground in Kansas; grant applications are open now via the VetsAid website VetsAid.org/Grants.
Walsh is a Gold Star son as his father, Lt. Robert Newton Fidler, was a flight instructor for the first US operational jet powered aircraft, the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, and died while stationed and on active duty on Okinawa when Walsh was 20 months old.
Previous VetsAid shows have featured Walsh’s brother-in-law Ringo Starr, The James Gang, Don Henley, James Taylor, ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Brad Paisley, Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys, Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne’s ELO and many others.
Walsh has been in Wichita all week and this Friday he’ll attend the street renaming ceremony in his honor outside the INTRUST Bank Arena at the intersection of English and St. Francis.
